OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, China (People´s Rep. of)

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, China (People´s Rep. of)
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Information received on 02/07/2010 from Dr Zhang Zhongqiu, Deputy Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Beijing, China (People´s Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date	09/05/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	03/06/2010
Report date	02/07/2010
Date submitted to OIE	02/07/2010
Date event resolved	25/05/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	05/2009
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

TIBET (Shuanghu district, Naqu)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Wild species		170	170	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Wild species	**	**	100.00%	**

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
** Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: The report was created on 7 June 2010 but the complete information was provided to the OIE on 2 July 2010.

Control measures

Measures applied	Screening No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	gene sequencing	03/06/2010	Positive
Wild species	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	03/06/2010	Positive
Wild species	virus isolation	03/06/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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